Dispensing package for paper



Dec.

R. E. SMITH DISPENSING ACKAG-E FOR PAPER Filed May 19, 1925 'Patented Dec. V22, 1925.`

puulTl-:D STATES PATENT.;

1,566,990 oFFlcE.

RAYMOND SMITH, OF PORTLAND, OREGON, ASSIGNOR TO NASHUA GUMMED d: COATED PAPER COMPANY, OF NASHUA, NEW HAMPSHIRE, A CORPORATION OF MASSACHUSETTS.

nrsrnNllNe PACKAGE Fon PAPER.

Application filed Hay 1Q, 1,925. Serial No. 31,378.

To all-whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, RAYMOND E. SMITH,

i i a citizen of the United States, and resident structed as to permit any desired of Portland, in the county of Multnomah 'and State of Oregon, have invented certain been heretofore provided in a form or construction which enabled the withdrawn paper to be cut or severed by pulling it x transversely of an edge of the box or of a metal stri carried by anedge of the box. When a p ain edge of the box is employed l to e'ect severing of a section from a roll in the box, the thickness and yielding character of such edge prevents good results; and

a metal strip adds materially to the expense of the device, and is liable to injure the t hands o f the user.

The object of my invention is to provide an inexpensive carton or container for a roll of paper .such as thin waxed paper, from which sections of any desired length can be successively drawn and severed by inea-ns of a cord or string which is so con- A nected to the carton as to .be always acces- .sible for use in severing the paper.

A further object of m invention is to provide .a dispensing pac age of the character jus'ti'refer'red to, in which the' string,

when not'in use, is readily secured close to the carton ready to be detached at one end and usedtocut the next section.

With these objects in view, my invention consists in the package or roll holder substantially as hereinafter described and claime'd. y Of the accompanying drawings:

Figure A1 is a side elevation, partly-broken. out, of one form of dispensing package constructed according tom invention.

Figure 2 is a bottom p an view of the same.

Figure 3 is an end View from the right .of Figure l, on a larger scale.

Figure 4 represents a sectionthrough the carton just inside the right-hand end of Figure 1, and on the saine scale as Figure 3.

Fi re 5 is a perspective view illustrating t 1e cutting action of the cord or string.

Similar reference letters indicate similar parts in all ofthe views.

The carton comprises a receptacle or inner member a having a bottom a and two 4 side walls andtwo end walls, and a cover or outer member b one of the side walls of which is preferably provided with a notch b in its edge.

Each end of the carton carries a button c orequivalent device to which one end or the other of a string or cord d can be removably fastened.

The carton is supplied to the user with a roll of paper e contained therein, the end-of web of paper being mounted over the top of one of the side walls of the inner mem- 'beia and extending down inside of the adjacent wall of the outer `member b far enough to enable the edge e of thel aper to be. grasped such grasping being acilitated by the nbtch b. Normally the string d is attached at both ends under sufficient tension to lie closely against the bottom a of the carton, thereby holding the two members of the carton from becoming'accidentally separated. Of course if the user does not find the edge c of the paper accessible, he can loosen one end of the string, open the cai-ton, and draw olf enough of the paper to cause the edge e to be accessible when the cover b is replaced on the member a.

A convenient way to manipulate the carton or package when a section of the papel' is desired, is to place it bottom up on a table orother support as illustrated by Fignre 5, release one end of the string al, and while bearing on the paper with one hand after pulling out the length desired, pull the string to cut the paper as illustrated by said Figure 5. After completely severing the paper transversely,l the end of the string which was unwound from a button c is re-wound thereon, with the result that the same string serves to tie the two members of the carton together because it extends under the bottom of the inner member a from one end to the other of the outer member b.

I have employed the term buttons for the devices illustrated at c merely for convenience and not for purposes of limitation. Any equivalent fastening members inight tion.

vbefore described.

Having now described my invention, I

'be substituted. for the specific ones illustrated, without departing from my inven- And I do not limit myself to the specic locations of the buttons illustrated, as they might be differently located and still serve the purpose or purposes hereinclaim:

l. A paper-roll holder comprising two members and a string having its ends detachably connected to one of them to permit it to be employed to retain the said two members in assembled relationship or to cut a section of paper drawn from a roll contained in the holder.

2. A device for dispensing paper from a roll, said device comprising separable in-v ner and outer members telescopically arranged andproviding an outlet for an edge portion of a roll in the inner member, and a cutting string having its ends attached to the ends of said outer member and passing under said inner member, one end of said iti-ing being detachable from the end of the 3. A device for dispensing paper from a roll, said device comprismg a receptacle and closure providing an outlet for an edge portion of a roll in the receptacle, a cutting string passing around the bottom of the receptacle, and means for securing the ends of the cutting string tothe closure. In testimony whereof I have aiixed my signature. v

RAYMONDE. SMITH.- 

